The Tompkins County Public Library will host Pat O’Brien, author and practitioner of Ayurvedic and Chinese natural medicine for a free discussion on making natural medicine work, Thursday, March 24 at 6:00 PM in the BorgWarner Community Room.
O’Brien will draw on her 13 years of experience as she discusses her book “Natural Medicine: What You Need to Know to Make it Work for You,” and shares the myths of Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine and common mistakes people make when self-medicating with herbs and supplements.
A Long Island native, O’Brien studied Ayurvedic medicine at the Bayville Ayurveda Holistic Center and the American Institute of Vedic Studies. She studied Chinese medicine and Chinese herbology through the Institute for Chinese Herbology and the Connecticut Institute for Herbal Studies. She also studied with world-renowned practitioner Herman Aihara and was certified professionally in macrobiotics at the Vega Institute in California. She is board certified with the American Association of Drugless Practitioners and professionally certified with the American Herbalist Guild.
O’Brien recently opened a practice in Ithaca www.realnaturalmedicine.com.
For more information, contact Carrie Wheeler-Carmenatty at (607) 272-4557 extension 248 or cwheeler@tcpl.org.
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